by Brett Vogelsinger How many times in life do adults wish to go back and ask for a redo in their younger years?  How often do we wish we c...

 by Carol Jago Contrafactual hypotheses have always fascinated me. In this poem Eve Ewing imagines that Emmett Till wasn’t murdered in Missi...

by Elizabeth Jones One thing I love about teaching middle and high school is the unique ability to watch my students forming their own world...

by Andy Schoenborn As the winter’s chill gives way to the warming months of Spring it becomes easier to see the world through fresh eyes. Ma...

by Rama Janamanchi This year on Valentine’s Day, NASA celebrated the anniversary of one of our most famous self-portraits and I found mys...

by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong Teachers and administrators are doing heroic things on a daily basis to help families in their learning com...

by Sarah Gross When I talk about poetry with my students it often elicits a groan.  We can usually get past the horror when we start read...

by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Sometimes the most difficult part of writing is revising. Sometimes the most difficult part of writing is feeli...

by Brett Vogelsinger The poem "Say My Name" by Idris Goodwin requires no real introduction, as the poem is so engaging, students...

by John Waite I enjoy sharing the poem "white dove—found outside Don Teriyaki’s" by Juan Felipe Herrara with my students. It ...

by Chris Kehan  Where are you from? What makes you who you are? George Ella Lyon’s poem " Where I’m From " helps us get to t...

by Brett Vogelsinger I first used the song "A Long and Happy Life" by the band Delta Rae with my class to spark a Writer's ...

by Kevin English One of my favorite poems to write with students is the pantoum. The basic structure is as follows: ABCD, BEDF, EGFH, ACH...